Mop-head.



PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. M. HARTMA N.

MOP HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18,1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 19o6.

Application filed May 18, 1905. Serial No. 260,932-

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN HARTMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Up er Sandusky, in the county of Wyandot and State ofOhio, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Heads, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mop-heads and aholder for thesame, its object being to produce a simple, cheap, and efhead and holderwhich canreadily be app ied to a handle and can be conveniently shippedin bulk.

My inventlon consists of certain novel features of construction,arrangement, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of a mop headand holder. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of same. Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse section through the mop head and holder. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the holder and retaining bolt. Fig. 5 is a sectionthrough a mop-handle, showing method of attaching mop-head.

In carrying out my invention I use a mop made of mop-yarn, wicking, orother suitable material, which is here designated by the numeral 1. Themop holder or clamp 2 is made from a single piece of stout wire bent, asshown in Fig. 4, to form the two loops 3 and 4, which lie horizontally,the loop 3 overlapping the loop 1, leaving a space or eye 9, throughwhich the bolt 5 is assed, thus preventing said loops 3 and 4 slippingast each other. The loops extend a suitab e distance out wardly and thewire forming them is then bent downwardly and then inwardly toward thecenter, the bar6 being continuous, while the bars 7 and 8 extendinwardly in opposite directions past the center of the holder,overlapping each other and lying side by side. By thus bending the wireforming the holder a space is left between the up er and lower bars ofthe holder,in which is p aced the mop material or mop 1. Several strandsof the mop are threaded over and under the lower bars of the holder, asshown in Fig. 3, and particularly around the overlapping ends of thebars 7 and 8, thus holding them tightly together and also preventingspreading apart of the bars 6, 7, and 8. If desired, several strands ofthe mo may be threaded over and under side bars 0 the holder at eitheror both ends thereof, Where they are bent, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,thus forming an additional safeguard against spreading. The bolt 10,which is threaded at its lower end and squared below its head, is passedthrough the eye 9 and through the mo material or mop and screwed into asuitable handle, or the said bolt may be secured in an ordinary handleby the method shown in F ig. 5. As shown in this figure, the handle 11has a longitudinal hole 12 bored into it a suitable distance and atransverse opening 13 at the lower end of the hole 12, extending throughthe side of the handle. The bolt, which, as before stated, has beenpassed through the mop and holder, is inserted into the hole 12 andscrewed into a nut 14, assed into the transverse opening 13 from tIi eside of the handle until the mop and holder is tightly fastened to theend of the handle. The squared portion of the bolt fits within the eye 9of the holder and prevents turning of the same on said bolt while lieing applied to the handle. (Shown in It will be observed that the mopor mop material will be held flat and that bybending the wire, as shown,to form a holder or clamp the said mop will be securely held in placeand revented from undue spreading and that by threading or interlacingthe strands of the mop or mop material the parts of the holder or clampare prevented from spreading. It will thus be seen that I provide adevice which is simple, cheap, and eflicient and can be convenientlyhandled while in use, as well as easily packed for shipment in largequantities.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A holder for mops consisting of a single wire bent to form lower barsand upperloops, between which lower bars and upperloops a mop is to bepassed, and means engaging the upper loops and mop to secure the same toa handle.

2. A holder for mops consisting of a single wire bent to form lowerbars, and overlapping upper loops, between which lower bars and upperloop; a mop is to be passed, and means passing t ough the saidoverlapping upper loo s and mo to secure the same to a han- 'm passingthrough said central eye and dle. A 1 f f 1 mop to secure the same to'ahandle. 3. ho der or mo s consisting 0 a sing e wire bent to form up gerand lower bars: be MARTIN HARTMAN' 5 tween Which a mop is to be passed;the upper Witnesses:

bars bent to form flat loops overlapingeaeh BENJAMIN MECK. other andforming a central eye, an a bOlt'OI ROBERT HARTMAN

